May 25, 1963 — The Day Africa Almost United

The Federalist Pan-Africanists of 1963

Two continents. Colonies breaking free. One shared challenge: to unite.

1787: The Federalist Papers shifted public opinion toward American Federation.
1963: Africa missed its rendezvous with Federation.
Today: The Federators publish the FP to build popular support to finish the work of 1963.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Between 1787 and 1788, the Federalist Papers were a series of essays published to convince public opinion to ratify the American Constitution and create a Federation.
The Federalist Papers helped explain, defend and popularize the federal project among citizens.

Any video, podcast, live, post or article published by a Federator. In 1787 it was a newspaper essay ; today, every piece of content shared online is its equivalent.

A platform that networks Pan-Africanist content creators — the Federators — around a single political objective : accelerating African Federation, in the spirit of the 1787 Federalist Papers.

The authors of today's Federalist Papers: Pan-Africanist content creators, influencers, activists, media, associations, organizations or political parties who already publish videos, podcasts, lives and articles out of love for Africa and to help it rise.

Turning your membership, subscribed through Federators, into a vote of popular support for AES leaders to transform the Alliance of Sahel States into a Federation.

In May 1963, in Addis Ababa, the Casablanca Group, led by Kwame Nkrumah, argued for the rapid creation of an African Federation, while the Monrovia Group favored gradual integration. The gradualist vision prevailed.

More than sixty years later, that debate is still relevant. Continuing to postpone the Federation on the grounds that African peoples « are not ready » is no longer a sufficient argument.

The only way to know is to ask sovereign African peoples directly, by referendum.

No. It is a platform of federators and Pan-Africanists that turns the popular support already present on social networks into a political agenda for the Federation.

No. We must be clear-eyed. Unity will begin with the Africans ready today — not with the territories locked inside the borders of the Berlin Conference.

How will the Federation be built?
Step by step, like a train leaving the station with a single carriage that gains more at every stop — not all at once for 54 countries.
We cannot even unite 5 countries at once given the current state of imperialism.

The union of territories and of Africans not yet ready will come second, carried by the results of the train's first carriages.